Method of keeping photos organised from multiple sources?

steinooo · 12 Mar 2014 at 16:21

Hi all,

I am sure many people are in a similar situation to me but I just can't find a photo storage solution that's quite right for me.

I currently have this setup

The problem is that reorganising needs to be done on two seperate places (server and Box) meaning I can quickly get in a mess across my devices.

Does anyone have any tips for me please?

jonneymendoza · 12 Mar 2014 at 16:40

what does the box indicate? cloud storage? and is that a mobile phone at the bottom of that diagram?

steinooo · 12 Mar 2014 at 16:47

It means Box.com as indeed cloud storage, and yes that's an Android mobile lol I couldn't find a better pic

jonneymendoza · 12 Mar 2014 at 17:05

id have the cloud and your hard drive NAS sync eachother and the mobile device and camera will; take care of the rest ie uploading pics.

what about your laptop/workstation for culling and editing images? dont forget that. thats missing in your diagram

Adrianr · 12 Mar 2014 at 17:48

Is there a reason you're not uploading everything to the HP Microserver and only syncing that with Box? Then you only need to make sure it's organised in one place, and the sync will make sure it's identical on Box?

steinooo · 12 Mar 2014 at 18:52

Thanks for the responses. I should have mentioned that the HP microserver has Linux on it, as it acts as my front end media centre for my bedroom as well as my entire back end local storage, so the only way to sync with Box is complicated and (I think) risky......but I see that two people have recommended that so I guess I should at least invest more effort into looking at it.

What do you guys do?

Raymond Lin · 12 Mar 2014 at 18:58

You organise it locally, the cloud then mirrors the folder you want to back up.

I have however split my media and photos to 2 different NAS to make it tidier.

steinooo · 12 Mar 2014 at 19:16

I agree in principle Raymond but the cloud sync from my linux server needs some looking into. In future what I may look at is buying a completely separate storage server and running it on Windows 2012 R2 with the Box Sync app running for an accurate, timely sync.

steinooo · 13 Mar 2014 at 08:53

Update in case anyone is interested, I'm working on the linux (and windows) method of sync called Unison. So far so good it will keep my server and Cloud in sync all being well, so I only need to upload to my server which cuts out a stage

One of the things I can't work out how to do best is how/what schedule to move photos off my phone camera, what does everyone else do?

I.e. If I do a sync every night from my phone to my NAS, I can't decide whether to move the photo or copy it. If I move it it seems a shame to not have it on the phone to show my wife etc ,but if I copy it I fear I will get in a mess.

jonneymendoza · 13 Mar 2014 at 09:57

which cloud solution do you use? many charge quite a hefty amount and i imagine you would need at least 1tb storage if you are syncing and storing raw files?

steinooo · 13 Mar 2014 at 11:24

jonneymendoza said:
which cloud solution do you use? many charge quite a hefty amount and i imagine you would need at least 1tb storage if you are syncing and storing raw files?

I use box mate, I get 100GB for free, only store RAW files from my wedding shoot only JPEGS for the rest

jonneymendoza · 13 Mar 2014 at 11:55

nice one.